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 Born
in Puerto Rico, Louis Bauzo attended Julliard School of Music and studied
in Africa, Puerto Rico and Cuba. He has been a professional
musician for over thirty years. A member of the Tito Puente Orchestra
for seven years during the 1970's, he has performed and/or recorded
with
Dizzy GIllespie, Machito, Mario Bauza, Eddie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria,
Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow, Celia Cruz, Cachao, Paul Simon, Manhattan
Transfer, Joe Jackson, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Babatunde Olatunji,
Ladji Camara, Katherine Dunham and the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, among
others.
He has extensive experience in theatre, film and television; Arthur
Penn's "Night
Moves", Leon Ichaso's "Crossover Dreams",
Ang Lee's "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman", "Kojak" and "Private
Eye."Recognized
as an expert in the performance of Afro-Caribbean ritual music, he
is also the founder and Director of the "Patakin" and"Carambu" folkloric
dance ensembles which performed as part of Caribbean Cultural Center's "Sacred
Drums" Festival Tour (1991).
Louis is the director of the the Latin Percussion Department as well
as
the Harbor Stage Band and curator of the "Raices Project" (an
archival
chapter in the history of Latin music) at the Harbor Conservatory for
the Performing Arts in New York. In addition to playing Advanced
Folkloric Music, he is also a gifted arranger and educator.
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